2rocky
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This table below (detailed August CPI) gets updated on Thursday for Sept. You can see some things up some things down. You eat eggs every meal you are living large! LOL. Honestly there is some weird stuff going on. Maybe it is labor prices flowing through to retail prices? No legit reason for cereal and cookies to by up 6-8%. Mostly I think it is companies trying to maintain profit margins, and the average American liking to complain about stuff. If you are expecting prices to return to 2019 levels, please don't hold your breath or you will pass out. Gas prices for September are basically unchanged and the recent demand report showed the lowest end demand for the year and Futures prices dropped from $2.75 to $2.25 over the last 3 wks. It will be slooooow to get to the end buyer though.Yes. Silly me.
Got one from like 2 or 3 years ago til now?This table below (detailed August CPI) gets updated on Thursday for Sept. You can see some things up some things down. You eat eggs every meal you are living large! LOL. Honestly there is some weird stuff going on. Maybe it is labor prices flowing through to retail prices? No legit reason for cereal and cookies to by up 6-8%. Mostly I think it is companies trying to maintain profit margins, and the average American liking to complain about stuff. If you are expecting prices to return to 2019 levels, please don't hold your breath or you will pass out. Gas prices for September are basically unchanged and the recent demand report showed the lowest end demand for the year and Futures prices dropped from $2.75 to $2.25 over the last 3 wks. It will be slooooow to get to the end buyer though.
Why? There is no doubt that prices are a lot higher, and it explains why unions are striking for more money. I'm just curious on some of the categories and what is driving it, and mostly why consumer spending habits haven't changed much relative to the jumps. We all adjust to new paradigms eventually, I just wonder how long it will take.Got one from like 2 or 3 years ago til now?
Idk, Why not? For the same reason to compare prices?Why?
Because those numbers are not prices, they wouldn't make much sense. They are also a national average. Not sure the national average of cookies in 2019 vs the national average of cookies in 2023 is all that important to anyone (but they measure that stuff, which is interesting!). The question really is, when does the increasing price of an item start to impact your consumption of that item. So if it was $3.19 for a package of cookies last year and it's now $3.38, we don't see outrage, I guess because you can not buy them? I also am amazed that not more media attention has been placed on the fact that public corporate profits are at all-time highs. Seems 100% of those companies were able to pass along the input price increases plus a little extra. I guess that $hit rolls downhill, too.Idk, Why not? For the same reason to compare prices?
I agree. As I said 50 pages ago, this is a 'rant' thread. There are better ways to get gas prices.Nevermind
Yet 50 pages later here you are....agree. As I said 50 pages ago, this is a 'rant' thread. There are better ways to get gas prices.
This is true. It's my window into American psyche.Yet 50 pages later here you are....
He’s not looking for actual pricing. He’s using critical thinking and attempting to “for himself, and himself only” research trends and trending factors. There’s a reason that stuff is published and some of us just kind of like to observe it.I agree. As I said 50 pages ago, this is a 'rant' thread. There are better ways to get gas prices.
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